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Lollardy [fr. lullen, lollen, or lallen, Old Germ., to sing with a low voice; and hard, from the singing of funeral dirges, Mosh.], a vulgar term of reproach brought from Belgium an given to the early Protestants (the followers of Wycliffe) as far back as the reign of Edward III. the Lollards closely resembled the Puritans of Elizabeth's reign, Stow's Annals, 425